Li Yun showed no change and responded to village chief Zhao Henian with his usual courtesy.
He said nothing about the tomb beneath the ancestral hall.
Zhao Henian, too, seemed genuinely unaware. He made no attempt to probe Li Yun, asking only about the Yin Ghost hidden inside Zhao Jiufeng. Once he understood, he repeatedly declared that Li Yun was a benefactor to Zhao Family Village.
He insisted again and again that the whole village should host a feast for Li Yun.
Only after quite some time did he leave with the others.
Li Yun breathed a sigh of relief, but his unease only deepened. Staying here felt like a bad idea. It was neither safe nor a place where he could cultivate in peace.
He decided not to wait for Zhao Family Village's feast. He had to leave promptly.
The experience he had accumulated over hundreds of billions of years kept reminding him: once a place felt unsafe, he should not hesitate. He should leave at once and never gamble on getting lucky.
But he obviously could not just walk away.
Who knew whether Zhao Family Village had someone watching him in secret?
Who knew what connection the village had to the tomb beneath the ancestral hall?
If something really was wrong with Zhao Family Village, leaving like that would only alert them.
He had to be tactful.
So he came up with an excuse.
He said he wanted to visit Xiantian Town and specifically asked Zhao Sanshan to show him the way.
Of course Zhao Sanshan did not refuse. When he heard that Li Yun wanted to see Xiantian Town, he volunteered to guide him.
Before leaving, the two made a point of visiting village chief Zhao Henian.
Zhao Henian did not stop them. He even generously took